Sometimes a Poet. Always an Artist. Perpetually obsessed with the 1920s and 30s. Continually enthralled with literature, jazz and decent musical theater. Often seen with oil paint on arms and hands. Regularly dabbles in singing and writing music. Particularly fond of kindness, manners and old-fashionedness. Recurrently a walking thesaurus. My resource for my daily 20s and 30s sayings come from a great book called “Flappers 2 Rappers” by Tom Dalzell. Please leave the credit in my posts if you choose to reblog. I go to a lot of trouble finding the sources behind a work, and the source should rightfully be credited. I do not own any of the material I post, unless otherwise noted, and do not intend any copyright infringement. I also co-blog: I’m a proud supporter of Tumblr (3.0; @thetranscendentalmodernist)http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/<p>I am quite well, actually. It has been forever since I have posted. Mutiple computer crashes, broken (literally) computers, moving to another state, engagement, wedding planning, and having a baby have all lead to quite a bit of time between now and my last post. I do not currently have a computer than can store all the photos I would like, so posting again is a ways off. However, I do intend to come back. I am just on a life hiatus until such time as I have access to appropriate technology :-)</p> <p>I miss you all greatly, and can’t thank you enough for your loyalty in my absence.</p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/48797503435http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/48797503435Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrzhp1mbyx1qzix81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://centuriespast.tumblr.com/post/10606959378">centuriespast</a>:</p> <blockquote><strong><em>Danaë</em></strong><br/>c.1612<br/><br/><p>Artemisia Gentileschi  </p> <p>Saint Louis Art Museum</p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11328635957http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11328635957Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:07:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls0acyPejc1qbxoi2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://theloudestvoice.tumblr.com/post/10581817038">theloudestvoice</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eachdayaflower/6053162922/in/set-72157627454865560/">Corinne Griffith portrait by Russell Ball, <em>Photoplay</em> magazine, April 1924</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11328623565http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11328623565Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:07:10 -0500my scanCorinne GriffithwindowRussell Ballsilent filmsilent movieactressvintagemagazinefilmportrait1920sPhotoplay<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpq3849H7N1qztk1wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://billyjane.tumblr.com/post/10973057330">billyjane</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sepia Nude, 1927 by Charles J. Cook [few more <a href="http://billyjane.tumblr.com/tagged/Charles+J.+Cook">here</a>]</p> <p>from <a href="http://www.collezionemarone.com/venti">Collezione Marone</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11328615813http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11328615813Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:06:58 -0500Charles J. Cooknude studyin the grasspictorialismlightveiled nudein the woods<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr8fqcg7AH1qbslwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mediterranean_Beauty.jpg">Mediterranean Beauty - Oil on panel - Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836–1911) </a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11287003153http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11287003153Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:17:20 -0500artjules joseph lefebvreoil on panel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrjqwzqyMb1qbslwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucretia_10.jpg">Lucretia - Oil on canvas - Andrea Casali (1705–1764) - c. 1750</a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286996674http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286996674Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:17:10 -0500artAndrea Casalioil on canvas<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7rw8bB681qbslwlo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://historicalziegfeld.multiply.com/photos/album/583#photo=16">Possibly Anita Colby - <span id="tokens"><span class="tag">Alfred Cheney Johnston</span></span></a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286983435http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286983435Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:16:50 -0500vintagealfred cheney johnston<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lscotqC2Eg1qzix81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://centuriespast.tumblr.com/post/11056111549">centuriespast</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><strong>Bouguereau, William-Adolphe<br/></strong>French (1825-1905)<br/><em>Le Travail interrompu<br/></em>1891</span></p> <p><span>Amherst College</span></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286695657http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286695657Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:09:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsmkuzsCQW1qbxoi2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://theloudestvoice.tumblr.com/post/11089588858">theloudestvoice</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eachdayaflower/6184608145/in/set-72157627454865560">Gloria Swanson, portrait scanned from <em>Photoplay</em> magazine, April 1923</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286519369http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286519369Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:04:56 -05001920sGloria SwansonPhotoplayactresscostumedressfashionfilmgownmagazinemetalmetallicportraitsilent filmsilent movievintagemy scan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnak4SZvA1qahuhjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://yama-bato.tumblr.com/post/11098995070">yama-bato</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Nina Vyroubova (née en 1921)</p> <p>Auteur : Le Prat Thérèse (1895-1966)</p> <p><a href="http://yama-bato.tumblr.com/search/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se+Le+Prat">link</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286409291http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11286409291Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:02:01 -0500Nina VyroubovaTherese Le Prat<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjllyI0wN1qahuhjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://yama-bato.tumblr.com/post/11019533685">yama-bato</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Marthe au tub, vers 1908</p> <p>Description : Entre 1908 et 1910. Séjour à Vernouillet. Marthe Bonnard (1869-1942), compagne de Bonnard.</p> <p>Prise de vue réalisé à Vernouillet (Yvelines)</p> <p>Auteur : Bonnard Pierre (1867-1947)</p> <p><a href="http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoTGmA4tOCWMAj4WJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DPierre%2BBonnard%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26b%3D31%26tab%3Dorganic&">rmn</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11027090177http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11027090177Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:33:48 -0500Pierre BonnardMarthe Bonnard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr8fmimJVv1qbslwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fleurs_des_Champs.jpg">Fleurs des Champs - Oil on Canvas - Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836–1911)</a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006846630http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006846630Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:27:52 -0500artjules joseph lefebvreoil on canvas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrjqjcK4Dq1qbslwlo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PiotrowskiAntoni.Wiosna.jpg">Spring - Watercolor - Antoni Piotrowski (1853–1924) - c. 1902</a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006837817http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006837817Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:27:41 -0500artAntoni Piotrowskiwatercolor<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7rjcLNfQ1qbslwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://historicalziegfeld.multiply.com/photos/album/584#photo=8">Zasada Lord - Alfred Cheney Johnston</a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006824320http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006824320Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:27:24 -0500vintagealfred cheney johnston“Stare. It’s the way to educate your eyes. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”<br/><br/> - <em>Walker Evans (Thanks to <a href="http://liquidnight.tumblr.com/">liquidnight</a>)</em>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006529774http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11006529774Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:21:18 -0500PhotographerPhotographyProseQuoteWalker Evansphotographer crush<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgjesy0nj1qzhn4uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://queering.tumblr.com/post/10951366479">queering</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Nude study,1913 by <a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/important-nino-vayana-art-deco-nude-80788579">Nino Vayana</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11004888287http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11004888287Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:48:57 -0500Nino Vayanavintage eroticaqueer vintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lshqfhOJHh1qztk1wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://billyjane.tumblr.com/post/10992129447">billyjane</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Etude de nu. Jeune Femme Aux Vanités, c. 1930 by <span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Everard_(photographer)">John Everard</a> <a href="http://billyjane.tumblr.com/tagged/john_everard">***</a></span></p> <p><span> </span>from <a href="http://www.verdeau.com/v2/fiche_28021.html">Verdeau</a></p> </blockquote>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11004299428http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11004299428Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:37:12 -0500John Everardnude studyskull girlmemento moriskull<p>Thank you so much! That question requires quite an extensive answer, and I unfortunately do not have the time to devote to answering it in the depth it deserves. However, the Transcendentalism I refer to in my blog name all at once references the Transcendentalism that became a cultural and spiritual movement in the mid 1800s, after the publication of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature” essay, and a poem I wrote,</p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.32427294077310664">The Transcendental Modernist</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br/><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br/><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am a transcendental tale</span><br/><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A modern myth of woe</span><br/><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An axiom of gimping frailty</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(c) Kat Laraine </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have made a study of Transcendentalism, so I don’t feel this fully answers your question, and it also doesn’t give enough of an explanation to satisfy my inner perfectionist!  If you are interested in discussing this further, feel free to message me on here with your email, and I’d be more than happy to start a correspondence over this, but please be patient in the response time for the reply emails, as I have been pretty swamped lately with the Masters Fine Art classes I’ve been teaching. :)<br/></span></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11004090573http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11004090573Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:33:12 -0500<p>Indeed I do! facebook . com / thetranscendentalmodernist</p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11003388266http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/11003388266Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:19:48 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7ra3a3Qz1qbslwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/romanticism-romantic-love/">Disappointed Love - oil on panel - Francis Danby (1793-1861) - c. 1821 </a></p>http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/10755957464http://thetranscendentalmodernist.tumblr.com/post/10755957464Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:34:51 -0500artFrancis Danbyoil on panel